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 for the reception of his love, and an understanding for the reception of his wisdom. Now, male and female alike possess both will and understanding, for neither would be human without them. But they do not possess both in an equal degree; and this forms one important ground of their distinction. In the male mind understanding predominates over will, whilst in the female mind will predominates over understanding; and as the mind takes its essential character from its predominant or most active power, the male mind is essentially intellect, and the female mind is essentially will. The man is distinguished for intellectual power, the woman for strength of affection: his character is forensic, hers is domestic. Between male and female, therefore, there is a distinction similar to that which exists between understanding and will; and as these were created to form one mind, those were created to form one "man." There is also a distinction between them similar to that which exists between love and wisdom, which the faculties of will and understanding were created to receive; the woman was created to be a form of love, the man to be a form of wisdom.

But the Scriptures give a still more particular view of the origin and ground of this distinction. In